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Tom Goddard

Thomas William John Goddard

Born: 1 October 1900, Gloucester
Died: 22 May 1966, Gloucester
Major Teams: Gloucestershire, England.
Known As: Tom Goddard
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, 1930
Last Test:
England v West Indies at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1939

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1938

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    8    5   3    13    8    6.50   0   0    3   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              1563   62   588   22  26.72  6-29    1   0  71.0  2.25

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1922 - 1952)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  593  775 217  5234   71    9.37    0  312   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling            59116 2979  19.84 10-113 251  86

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

Tom Goddard underwent a change in bowling style at age 29 that took him from a run-of the mill fast bowler to a Test off-spinner. His career spanned 30 years, taking a Test hat-trick against South Africa at the age of 38, and playing for Gloucestershire until he was over 50. On a helpful Bristol wicket he celebrated his 48th year by taking 222 first-class wickets in 1947. A big man at 6'3", his exceptionally large hands allowed him to impart strong spin to his off-break, and this combined with a lovely looping flight, made him a difficult proposition at the best of times, and near unplayable on a turner.He played only 8 Tests, where his lack of variation and unhelpful wickets made him less effective. He took nearly 3000 first-class wickets, and would have taken more under the revised lbw law. He bowled round the wicket to a leg trap, with Wally Hammond moving across to leg slip, and was a challenge for his wicket-keeper as well as the batsman. A career highlight was taking the last wicket of the Australian innings to earn Gloucestershire a famous tie in 1930 Ð after 14 balls had been bowled with the scores level. He was not much of a batsman, although he himself might have disagreed, and his running with Sam Cook provided the Gloucestershire crowd with much entertainment. When he died in 1966, a road in his home town of Gloucester was named Goddard Way (Dave Liverman, 1998).

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 08:30:37 GMT


 
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